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We are in agreement that him leaving his wife after emergency surgery is insane behavior

Francisco feels there is no discussion or compromise, it’s just “I’m wrong, this hurt my wife”
Ally tries to explain “you can’t negotiate how someone feels”
Francisco feels like the book is saying the husband should “bend the knee and do it”

Francisco said that sometimes it feels like the author is dramatically putting himself down for how poorly of a husband he was and as a person, as if he’s mentioning it over and over again. He feels it is self deprecating. Something about wanting to punch his face.

I think the book has mostly just been introductory right now, although it did help me draw that connection of the fish sandwich of that promise being made between us for alcohol and self harm and I hadn’t put those two things together like oh hey maybe that’s when our trust started getting questioned.
Francisco feels it’s very geared towards the husband being bad. He has not seen aspect of the other being bad.

Francisco said “I feel like this book is targeting me” instead of being open minded to it but we are tandem reading

Boring, will not finish

The library book was returned which caused a major setback in my reading completion

Not gripping me

The story line has kept me pretty interested. The Michael part was predictable but otherwise this has been full of unexpected moments. I never read about this book so I’m going in completely blind.

Chapter 47 seems to have a continuity error where it starts referring to the robber as a female

So far it’s pretty predictable, but it’s not bad. I definitely think the action moments are pretty gripping and it makes the book hard to put down. I’m actually shocked that I’m over 200 pages in already!
Not smutty at ALL!!

The “woe is me, I’m a monster” is repetitive and annoying

I’m not enjoying the rapid-fire comparison of “before” and “after” scenes, coupled with Greer’s sudden switch to Embry. Also, the ravishment/rapeplay made me feel extremely uncomfortable.

Two ladies, both wearing a “chignon,” and I can’t help but wonder why the author is so fixated on that hairstyle.

This book has a somewhat amateurish feel to it, as if a 16-year-old was tasked with writing a short story and, in their attempt to use as many words as possible, neglected the importance of developing the characters and plot.

I’m on page 24 and this book has given me whiplash with the amount of characters, yet such little development. It’s hard to be interested and I’m trying to push through, but this writing style is not my favorite.

The prologue gave me just enough detail to understand the situation, but kept the story vague enough to keep me hooked and wondering what would happen next. It was predictable of who she would find on the table.

I really could not get into it and finally gave up.

Boring and I don’t like the writing style